lumps

Example Sentences

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The candies themselves looked like tiny, dusty potatoes: irregular little lumps of sweet cream with bits of coconut rolled in cinnamon, dusty and warm-smelling, tucked into a plastic tray.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

The phrase “civil-military relations” lumps the last two into one category.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

The suspected cardiac arrhythmia was likely due to a diagnosed condition known as “systemic sarcoidosis,” which can cause lumps in the lungs and other organs, the report found.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Four things are creating the conditions: safety, data center spending, reshoring and automation, which he lumps together, and M&A.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

He started crunching it up and the noise he made was like the crunching of lumps of ice.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl